
Administration


Erin Candeias
Director of Language lnstruction, French
Lecturer, French and Italian
- estigers@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1254
- GA 3158

Oana Panaïté
Director of the Center of Excellence of the French Embassy at IU
Ruth N. Halls Professor of French and Francophone Studies, French and Italian
Adjunct Faculty, Comparative Literature
Affiliate Faculty, African Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Affiliate Faculty, European Studies
- opanaite@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1134
- GA 3135

Kevin Rottet
Director of Graduate Studies, FRIT
Program Director, French Linguistics
Professor, French and Italian
Adjunct Professor, Linguistics
Adjunct Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
- krottet@iu.edu
- (812) 855-6164
- GA 3161

Massimo Scalabrini
Program Director - On sabbatical leave, Fall 2025; Prof. Marco Arnaudo will serve as interim Program Director
Professor, French and Italian
- mscalabr@iu.edu
- (812) 855-8044
- GA 3164

Karolina Serafin
Director of Language Instruction, Italian
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Italian
Teaching Professor, French and Italian
- kserafin@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1089
- GA 3168

Barbara Vance
Director of Undergraduate Studies, French. Will be away AY 2025-26 as Director of our Program in Aix-en-Provence. Nicolas Valazza will serve as interim Director.
Associate Professor, French and Italian
Associate Professor, Linguistics
- bvance@iu.edu
- (812) 855-2702
- GA 3171

Marco Arnaudo
Interim Program Director, Italian (FA 2025)
Professor, French and Italian
- marnaudo@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1088
- GA 3166

Nicolas Valazza
Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies, French
Professor, French and Italian
- nvalazza@iu.edu
- (812) 855-5764
- GA 3163